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Lorenzen Vern-Gagne Wright was born on 4 November 1975, in Oxford, Mississippi USA, to Deborah Marion and Herb Wright. He was a professional basketball player, best known for playing at the forward and center positions for the Los Angeles Clippers, Memphis Grizzlies, Atlanta Hawks, Sacramento Kings and Cleveland Cavaliers in the National Basketball Association (NBA). His death by a murderer in 2010 has remained a mystery.

So just how rich was Lorenzen Wright? According to sources, Wright had earned a net worth of over $20 million, established largely during his basketball career.

Lorenzen Wright Net Worth $20 million

Wright grew up in Oxford; his parents separated during his childhood years, but both of them remained active in his life – his father is was a former professional basketball player. During his teenage years Wright moved to Memphis, where he was educated at Booker T. Washington High School, playing for the school’s basketball team. Being a McDonald’s All-American, he enrolled at the University of Memphis, joining university Tigers, where he established himself as a valuable player, achieving All-American status, All-Great Midwest Conference and All-Conference USA honors. He was also selected a Third Team All-America by the Associated Press, and participated in the team’s two consecutive NCAA Tournament wins in 1995 and ‘96.

In 1996 Wright was selected in the first round as the seventh overall pick by the Los Angeles Clippers in the NBA Draft – his net worth started to grow. He remained with the team until 1999, gathering a great reputation in the world of basketball, and sizable wealth. In 1999 he joined the Atlanta Hawks; his two seasons with the team greatly increased his fortune, and after being traded to the Memphis Grizzlies in 2001, he returned to the Hawks in 2006. Playing for both teams significantly contributed to his net worth.

Wright was traded to the Sacramento Kings in 2008, and later that year he joined the Cleveland Cavaliers, further expanding his wealth.

His professional basketball career ended with his retirement in 2009. Over the course of his 13 seasons in the NBA, Wright appeared in 779 regular season games, 793 including playoffs, in which he scored 6,191 points and achieved 4,943 rebounds. Thus, he averaged 8.0 points and 6.4 rebounds per game. His tenure in the NBA enabled him to reach stardom, and to amass an impressive net worth, earning around $55.2 million in salary.

Aside from his involvement in basketball, Wright also owned a sports bar in Memphis, which he opened in the early 2000s and which has been another source of his wealth.

The player died in 2010, being shot to death; his body was found left to decompose in the woods southeast of Memphis, leaving little evidence for police. Upon finding the body, the police revealed he had called 911 seconds before being shot, and was actually speaking with the dispatcher when gunshots rang out. Unfortunately, his call was not traced and diverted properly. His murder has remained a mystery.

When it comes to his private life, Wright was married to Sherra Robinson Wright. They had six children together, among them a daughter who died of SIDS in 2003 at 11 months. The couple eventually split up, but reconciled only to separate again, and divorced shortly before his death in 2010.

Wright was involved in philanthropy, having helped to set up a trust fund for Travis Butler, a Memphis orphan who lived with his mother’s corpse for a month fearing to be put in foster care.